Removing Infections From Your System
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Responding when the E-mail Scan module detects a virus
NOTE:
This feature only applies to exchange server e-mails.
This module looks for viruses in e-mail messages you receive via corporate
e-mail systems such as cc:Mail and Microsoft Exchange. In its initial
configuration, the module will prompt you to choose a response from among
five options whenever it detects a virus.
Figure 3-3. E-mail Scan module response options
Click the button that corresponds to the response you want. Your choices are:
•
Stop.
Click this button to stop the scan operation immediately. The E-Mail
Scan module will record each detection in its log file, but it will take no
other action to respond to the virus.
•
Clean.
Click this button to have the E-Mail Scan module software try to
remove the virus code from the infected file. If it cannot clean the
file—either because it has no remover or because the virus has damaged
the file beyond repair—it will record the incident in its log file and suggest
alternative responses. In the example shown in Figure 3-3, the module
failed to clean the EICAR test file—a mock “virus” written specifically to
test whether your anti-virus software installed correctly. Here,
Clean
is not
an available response option. In most cases, you should delete such files
and restore them from backups.
•
Delete.
Click this button to delete the file from your system immediately.
By default, the E-Mail Scan module will record the name of the infected file
in its log so that you can restore the file from a backup copy.
•
Move file to.
Click this button to open a dialog box that you can use to
locate your quarantine folder, or another suitable folder. Once you have
located the correct folder, click
OK
to transfer the file to that location.
Summary of Contents for VIRUSSCAN 5.1
Page 1: ...McAfee VirusScan User s Guide Version 5 1 ...
Page 16: ...Preface xvi McAfee VirusScan ...
Page 30: ...About VirusScan Software 30 McAfee VirusScan ...
Page 52: ...Installing VirusScan Software 52 McAfee VirusScan ...
Page 80: ...Removing Infections From Your System 80 McAfee VirusScan ...
Page 185: ...User s Guide 185 Using the VirusScan application ...
Page 186: ...Using the VirusScan application 186 McAfee VirusScan ...
Page 222: ...Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks 222 McAfee VirusScan ...
Page 246: ...Using Specialized Scanning Tools 246 McAfee VirusScan ...
Page 262: ...About Safe Sound 262 McAfee VirusScan ...
Page 266: ...About Quarantine 266 McAfee VirusScan ...